Should I switch to ssd?

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Wojcio999

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Hello everyone, I am pretty new in this forum.
I own a Dell xps 730
And I want to upgrade to a SSD from my old HDD, but since my motherboard does not have sata 3 how would I do that?
Is it worth switching in my case?
Which ssd would you recommend I was looking at Samsung 500gb.

My specs:
Dell xps 730
Core i7 920
16gb ram
500gb HDD
Nvidia 660ti
Chipset x58
 
Sata 3 drives are backwards compatible to Sata 2 and Sata 1.

A Samsung 850 EVO is a Sata 3 drive, but is backwards compatible. What you'll notice is that the SSD will run at a max speed of around 300mb/s read and write (sequential) instead of around 510mb/s under the newer Sata 3 standard. Don't remember the IOPs value, but it'll be significantly higher than your mech harddrive.

tl:dr

It's still worth going to a SSD.


P.S. SSD's come in 2.5" form factor, so you may want to look into grabbing a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter plate.
 
@Intel_man basically sums it up. It's worth the upgrade. And once you get a new machine you'll get even more performance out of the SSD. The overall "snappiness" of the OS is what you'll notice the most and the read and write speeds won't impact that greatly even if you're still on SATA 2.
 
The "snappiness" is from the IOPS performance of the SSD. Traditional drives are around 100 IOPs, whereas the SSDs are like in the region of 40000 IOPs typically.

SSD's are insane. And that's coming from me using my 840 Evo on the sata 2 standard as I'm also on the X58 chipset.
 
Thank you guys! I think I will get the Samsung 850 or 840 500gb and just use that, I do not need a lot of space, I play games and use different software but usually keep my disk clean.
 
You'll probably find a hard time getting a hold of the 840 since they've been discontinued for awhile. The 850 Evo is probably what you'll want to get.
 
If you have an extra sata cable and can fit your ssd into the tower without taking out your current harddrive, you can clone your current drive to your ssd. Then format the old drive for storage use. That way, you don't have to reinstall your OS.
 
it does not make it run THAT MUCH FASTER. but, if you have a few hundred dollars laying around, i would totally do it.
 
Make sure you are running in AHCI mode not IDE. Even if you wer running in IDE mode, it would still be faster then a regular HDD.
 
That's just who makes the SSD... not the model number?

Have you tried running benchmark software like CrystalDiskMark to see if you're SSD is operating normally?
 
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